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H5059נָגַןna.gan

to playPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 7
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 3
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 2
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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15 occurrences in 12 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. 1 Samuel 16:16

    Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.

    מְנַגֵּ֣ן me.na.Gen “playing”וְנִגֵּ֥ן (נִגֵּ֥ן) ni.Gen “he will play”

  2. 1 Samuel 16:17

    Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.

    לְנַגֵּ֔ן (נַגֵּ֔ן) na.Gen “play”

  3. 1 Samuel 16:18

    Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.

    נַ֠גֵּן Na.gen “to play”

  4. 1 Samuel 16:23

    It happened, when the [supplied: evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

    וְנִגֵּ֣ן (נִגֵּ֣ן) ni.Gen “he played”

  5. 1 Samuel 18:10

    It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;

    מְנַגֵּ֥ן me.na.Gen “[was] playing an instrument”

  6. 1 Samuel 19:9

    An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

    מְנַגֵּ֥ן me.na.Gen “[was] playing an instrument”

  7. 2 Kings 3:15

    But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.

    מְנַגֵּ֑ן me.na.Gen “a musician”כְּנַגֵּ֣ן (נַגֵּ֣ן) na.Gen “played”הַֽמְנַגֵּ֔ן (מְנַגֵּ֔ן) m.na.Gen “musician”

  8. Psalms 33:3

    Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!

    נַ֝גֵּ֗ן na.Gen “to play”

  9. Psalms 68:25

    The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

    נֹגְנִ֑ים no.ge.Nim “musicians”

  10. Isaiah 23:16

    Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

    נַגֵּן֙ na.Gen “to play”

  11. Isaiah 38:20

    Yahweh is [supplied: ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.

    נְנַגֵּ֛ן ne.na.Gen “we will play”

  12. Ezekiel 33:32

    Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.

    נַגֵּ֑ן na.Gen “to play”